Shirt cuff



Dec. 30, 1924.

' J. B. MCONNELL SHIRT CUFF Filed Dec. -24, 1923.

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warren stares JOHN BRADFORD MOCONNELL, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

SHIRT CUFF.

Application filed December 24, 1923. Serial No. 682,390.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BRADFORD Mo- CoNNELL, asubject of the King of Great- Britain, and residing at the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Shirt Cuff, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to shirt cuffs as described in the present specification and shown in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of construction pointed out broadly and specifically in the claim for novelty following a description containing .an explanation in detail of an acceptable form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to enable the public to economize in the matter of laundering shirts, thereby saving wear and tear and yet presenting clean cuffs daily or at very short intervals; to insure in every change a fully reinforced backing for the face of the cuff exposed; and generally to provide three or more changes in cuffs and at the same time expose a completely new face every time.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of cuff, showing the facing and lining broken away to disclose the inner construction of the cuff.

Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the two ordinary changes, showing the normal and reversed positions.

Figure 4 illustrates a form of cuff peculiar to this construction.

Figure 5 is an exaggerated cross sectional view of the cuff before reversing the lining.

Figure 6 is an exaggerated cross sectional view showing the lining reversed and reinforcing the outer portion of the extended cuff.

Figure 7 is an exaggerated sectional View of the fold peculiar to this invention.

Figure 8 is an exaggerated sectional view of the normal fold in this and other soft cuffs.

Figure 9 is an exaggerated sectional view of the reverse fold in this and other soft cuffs.

Figure 10 is a plan view of the cuff as adapted for additional folds.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings, the cuff in its extended position is formed of the facings 1 and 2 and the lining 3 having the piece 4 turned back from one end to meet the other end, thereby providing a two ply lining from the middle of the cuff outwardly, this lining being secured by the outer sewing 5 and intermediate sewin 6.

The sewing 7 is para lel to the sewing 6 and spaced therefrom slightly beyond the closed end 8 of the lining fold and this sewing 7 is just through the facings 1 and 2.

The inner sewing 9 is through the facings l and 2 and the shirt sleeve 10 so that between the end of said shirt sleeve 10 and the closed end 8 of the lining fold the facings 1 and 2 are quite free from any kind of stiffening, while the other part with the reinforced lining forms a substantial cufi either as a backing or as a cufi itself.

This construction makes possible the cuff fold illustrated in Figure 4: in which the cuff proper 11 is the reinforced portion of the facings 1 and 2 while the fold 12 is the limp or unlined portion 13 of said facings.

The stud holes 14 and 15 in the part 11 register with the stud holes 16 and 17 and 18 and 19 in the limp part'l3, thereby facilitating the passage of the stud 20 and bringing it about the middle of the cuff.

The ordinary folds 22 and 23 are respectively illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 and this brings the stud holes 14 and 15 in register with the stud holes 16 and 17 and in the first position 22 the inner facing 2 is exposed at the part 11 and in the second position the part 13 forms the exposed facing and this is backed by the reinforced part 11.

T he cuff folds are of course particularly important, particularly the change illustrated in Figure 4: as the reinforced part 11 and limp part 13 together materially reduce the thickness that would otherwise occur in making this new fold.

In Figure 10 the construction only differs in the addition offour stud holes to facilitate additional folds and consequently more changes in exposed facings, but three as a general rule will be sufficient to carry out the objects of this invention. However to add to the folds it is better to fasten the cuffs with two sets of studs and thus aneater cuff is presented.

What I claim is A shirt cuff adapted for attachment to the sleeve of ashirt at the rear edge of cuff, said cufl' comprising inner and outer faeings and a lining between the fecing s extending: the full Width of the front half only oi the 5 Cliff, the front half being provided with a button hole at each side edge and the rear half being provided with 21 pair of button Leeeeee holes ateach side edge, all the button holes at each side edge adaptedte register when the cufi is given a double V told; 10

Signed at Montreal Canada this 6th day of December 1 23.

JQHN BRADFORD MQCONNELL 

